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(No Model.)

G. V. NAUBRTH. FILE vFOR LETTERS.

Pmnted `13.11.30.1883.

No.r 271,258.

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lUNiTED STATES PATENT Fries,

FILE FORLETTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,258, dated January 30, 1883.- Application filed March 6, 1882. (No modell) Patented in Canada April 11, 1882, No. 14,567, and in England April 11, 188:2, No.1,720-

To alt whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE V. NAUERTH, ot' the city of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Files for Letters and other Papers, of which the following is aspecification. v

The nature of' my invention and of its various features and the several advantages resulting therefrom are fully set forth in the following specilication and claims.

Referring to the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure l is a perspective view of the file with the cover raised to the position it occupies when the papers are to be examined. Fig. 2 is a perspective view ofthe tile with the cover in the position to hold the letters or papers in the tile. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are views of detached portions of said file.

The file consists of a case having the sides or ends A, back B, bottom C, and removable cover D.

ln the case or box is usually placed a series of 'index-leaves, E, between which leaves the papers to be tiled are placed. These leaves are preferably retained in the case by the pins a, which are fastened to the bottom of' the case, near the back B, the leaves being provided with openings b, through which the pins a pass. These. pins are respectively provided at or near their top with a suitable projection, m, which prevents the leaves from being accident- These projections are removable, and in the present instance consist ot' nuts, one of which is screwed onto the upper end of each pin.

To the inner faces of the ends A are secured the racks d and e. These racks are suitably secured in position in the case, and for the purpose of the better securing them in place are preferably dovetailed, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and tit into correspondingly dovetailed recesses in the ends A.

To each rack,at or near its lower end, is attached a lug, f, which rests against the lower edge of the ends A. The rack is preferably placed in the dovetailed recess in the following manner, viz: placing the upper end of the and e.

position, preventing them from being detached from the end A by any upward strain.

To either end of the cover D are secured the lugs g, which are preferably formed as shown, by staples driven into the ends of the cover D, and thelugs at either end of the cover are separated by a distance equal to the distance between the racks d and c.

In the rear edge of the cover D are formed the notches F, which correspond to the position of the pins a, and which are of sufficient depth to permit the cover, when raised to the position shownin Fig. l, to be so raised without interfering with the pins c. When the cover D is to be secured in the box it is placed therein, the lugs g being in the rear of the racks d The cover is now pressed down upon the index-leaves E, at the same time that it is pushed forward, when the lugs g will enter the various racks d and e, and the cover is thus held firmly down on the index-leaves. y

The cover is prevented from being pushed too far forward by the guards h on the front edge of the racks d, against which the forward lugs g strike. l

It 1s only necessary that two ofthe racks;- one on either side of the case-be provided with the guard; but, it' desired, all of the racks may be so provided. When the cover is to be raised it is slid toward the back B, a thumb, hole, H, being formed in the cover for greater convenience in lifting the cover. f Y

The notches F, which correspond to the position of the pins a, allow the cover to be slid back till it comes in contact with the back B, and a space being left between the bach B and the `rear edges ofthe index-leaves, the cover is raised and allowed to drop into this space, when it assumes the position shown in Fig. 1, when the papers may be readily examined. Moving the cover toward the back of the case before it can be raised is much more convenient than to move it forward, as has heretofore been done, and therefore makes the ile more practical for business purposes. The peculiar formation of the'racks secures them firmly in position, and thus the cover will be held firmly down upon the index-leaves. v

The various features of my invention are preferably employed in conjunction with each other, but they, any one or more of them, may

be employed independently of the others, or together, as desired, and yet fall Within the scope of my invention. v

What I claim as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a le for letters or other papers, the combination of the cover D, provided With the lugs g, and the case provided with the racks d e, two or more of said racks being provided e with pins a and racks d e, the front edge ot' 15 the racks d being provided with guards h, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

GEO. V. NAUERTH. 

